The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2017

Today Sylvia Martinez @smartinez co-author of Invent to Learn talks about tinkering today. Some teachers have a misconception that kids just pick up and play with materials and learn, but it is a little bit more nuanced than that. Today’s giveaway contest is Sylvia’s book Invent to Learn. Click here. . Blog: [link].

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update October 29th, 2014 Teaching is not just a job. Dr. Ralph Tyler The Learning Revolution Project holds online and physical learning events, and highlights professional development opportunities from a network of 200 partners in the learning professions. Register here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Erin Murphy, the co-author of Hacking Project Based Learning , talks about leading project-based learning. Make books, send the link to parents and even include audio and video. Hacking Project Based Learning Book Giveaway. Enhanced Transcript. ­­­­Leading Project Based Learning. Hacking PBL Book Giveaway Contest.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The vision of CODE is that every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer programming. Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively. This is a place where students learn and enjoy as they possibly even blaze through space.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 29, 2016

As you are aware there is an amazing and powerful Maker Space movement going throughout the education landscape. This is a concept that I and many others want to see sustained because of the amazing learning opportunities it provides. Join me, the Institute of Play, and PBS Learning Media.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2017

A video my student, Rebekah, created for the Invention Project. One requirement is that if students have seen the technology in action, it’s disqualified from being the topic of their video — a commercial pretending that their invented technology actually exists. In other words, they learned and built their own knowledge base.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 10, 2016

Learn from Jon Schwartz and Rockademix or read Simple Ways to Use Mood Music to Amp Up Learning. YOU could be the superhero in an awesome welcome back to school video that you could shoot NOW in post-planning.). Even if you cannot go, follow the hashtag # NMF16. (See How the Maker Movement is Moving into Classrooms.).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 26, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update August 26th, 2014 If a child can''t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn. Ignacio Estrada The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" virtual and physical events and those of our over 200 partners in the learning professions.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

In today’s show, learn about Minecraft EDU and how it is being used to teach. Make books, send the link to parents and even include audio and video. As a teacher, you can get started with a library of 40 books as part of their free version – go to coolcatteacher.com/bookcreator to get started now. Are you studying Mars?

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Learn how she uses this tool. FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. So you can put in things like video, and the video can be videos taken from YouTube so the video can actually be created by somebody else.

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Reading By Example

DECEMBER 1, 2016

I had never seen students more engaged in learning than during this experience. Halverson and Sheridan tease out the complex nature of the maker movement in education (2014). Some buildings house makerspaces in their libraries, while others have a separate, dedicated space. The kids direct the learning. References.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

A successful school makerspace needs an enthusiastic maker community, school-wide participation, and staff support. Challenge-based learning projects in the makerspace have many benefits for students, and can engage and get them excited about new projects. This broadcast was hosted by edWeb.net and sponsored by Libraries Unlimited.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 5, 2019

You can find some videos online on YouTube. She’s helped the students find books in the library, and she has also helped them learn some ways to navigate ways to share their knowledge through Google Slides or Wixie. We’ve created a list of the different ways you can investigate your questions. You can investigate through a book.

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Reading By Example

DECEMBER 1, 2016

I had never seen students more engaged in learning than during this experience. Halverson and Sheridan tease out the complex nature of the maker movement in education (2014). Some buildings house makerspaces in their libraries, while others have a separate, dedicated space. The kids direct the learning. References.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

If there is a makerspace in your school, it may be down the hall, in the library, or in another building. In deciding what resources you need based on the learners you have, you may first need to determine how your learners learn best, what projects you plan to do, how you can set up a makerspace in your classroom, and much more.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update September 17th, 2014 One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure. To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at the Learning Revolution. To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at the Learning Revolution.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

They’ll be adding photographs, videos, audio and text about their hero. Interactivity: Book Creator is different from many other tools because you can actually record your voice with it, as well as linking to videos in these fully interactive books. Here’s a class library for an elementary classroom. So excited!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update November 12th, 2014 One learns by doing a thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try. To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at the Learning Revolution. Learn more at [link]. Interested in becoming a Learning Revolution Partner?

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 6, 2015

A makerspace is a learning environment where children can tinker, design and create collaboratively using a variety of materials. However, a makerspace is so much more than a physical space, it’s a mindset that embraces making as a necessary component of learning. How will you learn it? Getting Started. Making Meaning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 18, 2016

Welcome to this fifth post in a series that brings STEM, STEAM, and Maker Space together with Project Based Learning and proper technology integration in the classroom. As you are probably already aware, there is a growing Maker Movement across the nation. It can be in a dedicated space, or room, or in the library.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 8, 2017

AJ Juliani, author of Empower: What Happens When Students Own Their Learning talks about the empowerment of students. Make books, send the link to parents and even include audio and video. Vicki: So excited to talk to AJ Juliani @ajjuliani , author of Empower: What Happens When Students Own Their Learning. We can do this!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update March 11th The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist." - Maria Montessori Welcome to the Learning Revolution. Learning Revolution Conference Online. The Learning Revolution Conference call for proposals is now open.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Mandy talks about how the course is structured, gives a story of how students are being transformed, and shares how they are re-working the course based on what they learned the first year. If you’re teaching design or making, you can learn from this show. Make books, send the link to parents and even include audio and video.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 2, 2016

I weeded my library like crazy and made mock-ups using Google Drawings to help them envision the new space. At conferences I went to everything with the word "maker" in the title. I set up a filter on TweetDeck to see everything posted on #makered and #makerspace. Look through the right lens. Start a conversation.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 2, 2016

I weeded my library like crazy and made mock-ups using Google Drawings to help them envision the new space. At conferences I went to everything with the word "maker" in the title. I set up a filter on TweetDeck to see everything posted on #makered and #makerspace. Look through the right lens. Start a conversation.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

This post is actually intended to supplement the “Cycle of Learning Innovation” model that will be publishing tomorrow (7.7.2015), which means this is less about analysis and context and more about the examples. Maker Movement. Adaptive learning platforms and learning algorithms. by Terry Heick.

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EdTechnocation.com

MAY 29, 2015

Survey Results: " Parents weight in on the digital classroom" I learned about the results of this important survey from +Pete Hansen. Jayme's Dec provided workshops for teachers and Maker lessons for students. You can join the community , sign up for the newsletter , or check out the Resource Library. Check it out!

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

While I’ve tried to explain the value of these tools, there are some instances where you simply need to see it to believe it, so I’ve included my experience on video using some of the apps to provide further insights whenever possible. #10 9 Chalk (Free) – Get video support using AR Interact with friends or colleagues using augmented reality.

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Educator Innovator

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Following Hack Your Notebook Day, a nationwide paper circuitry and applied STEM learning event held this summer that brought together makers from around the country, libraries and other connected learning spaces have continued “hacking” notebooks by holding independent events for diverse groups of learners around the country.

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